ECCO-ESGAR-ESP-IBUS Guideline on Diagnostics and Monitoring of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Part 1
Torsten Kucharzik, Stuart A. Taylor, Mariangela Allocca, Johan Burisch, Pierre Ellul, Marietta Iacucci, Christian Maaser, Paméla Baldin, Gauraang Bhatnagar, Shomron Ben‐Horin, Dominik Bettenworth, Mallory Chavannes, Ann Driessen, Emma Flanagan, Federica Furfaro, Giovanni Maconi, Konstantinos Κarmiris, Amelia Kellar, Isabelle De Kock, Konstantinos Κarmiris, Uri Kopylov, Cathy Lu, Olga Maria Nardone, Nurulamin M Noor, Kerri L. Novak, Paula Borralho, Patrick van Rheenen, Jordi Rimola, Francesca Rosini, David T. Rubin, Martina Scharitzer, Jaap Stoker, Mathieu Uzzan, Stephan R. Vavricka, Bram Verstockt, Rune Wilkens, Nina Zidar, Alessandra Zilli, Henit Yanai, Roger M. Feakins
Abstract
The current consensus guideline offers a comprehensive and practical guidance on the diagnostic and monitoring of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It provides recommendations on requirements for initial diagnosis, detection of complications, the use of monitoring tools in patients with IBD and diagnostics in specific situations, such as pregnancy, postoperatively and for cancer surveillance. The guideline is a joint project of the European Crohn's and Colitis Organization (ECCO), the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology, the European Society of Pathology, and the International Bowel Ultrasonography Group under the leadership of ECCO.